阜

See also: 阝 and 邑

阜 U+961C, 阜 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-961C ← 阛 [U+961B] CJK Unified Ideographs 阝 → [U+961D]

⾩ U+2FA9, ⾩ KANGXI RADICAL MOUND ← ⾨ [U+2FA8] Kangxi Radicals ⾪ → [U+2FAA]

Translingual

Stroke order

Alternative forms

• 阝 (when used as a left Chinese Radical)

Han character

阜 (Kangxi radical 170, 阜+0, 8 strokes, cangjie input 竹口十 (HRJ), four-corner 2740₇, composition ⿱𠂤十)

1. Kangxi radical #170, ⾩.

Derived characters

• Appendix:Chinese radical/阜
• 埠, 𢮒, 㷆, 𤦞, 𥓭, 𧌓, 𧨮, 𮢌, 𩣸
• 𤭟, 顊(𬱪), 𧌛, 䘀, 𡸠, 𦰺, 𢈹, 𤷎

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1345, character 1
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 41534
• Dae Jaweon: page 1847, character 25
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4114, character 1
• Unihan data for U+961C

Chinese

simp. and trad.		阜
alternative forms		𠼛 𨸏 峊

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 阜
Shang	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Characters in the same phonetic series (阜) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
阜	*buʔ
埠	*baːs

Pictogram (象形) , a row of steps on a hill, still visible in the upper part 𠂤. The original version is 𨸏.

Etymology

Probably from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ʔ-bu ~ *pu (“to be born; birth; bud; bloom”). Compare Burmese ဖူး (hpu:, “to bud”), as well as 孢 (“spore”), 皰 (OC *pʰruːs, *bruːs, “pimple, blister”) (STEDT), 苞 (OC *pruː, “bud; luxuriant”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fù (fu⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fau⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hǔ / hū
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶veu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fù
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fù
    • Wade–Giles: fu⁴
    • Yale: fù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fuh
    • Palladius: фу (fu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: fau⁶
    • Yale: fauh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fau⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: feo⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɐu̯²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hǔ
    • Tâi-lô: hǔ
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hu²²/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hū
    • Tâi-lô: hū
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hu
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /hu²²/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶veu
    • MiniDict: veu^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³veu
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /vɤ²³/

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• Middle Chinese: bjuwX

Rime
Character	阜
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	並 (3)
Final (韻)	尤 (136)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	房久切
Baxter	bjuwX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/bɨuX/
Pan Wuyun	/biuX/
Shao Rongfen	/biəuX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/buwX/
Li Rong	/biuX/
Wang Li	/bĭəuX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/bʱi̯ə̯uX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	fòu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fau6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[b](r)uʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*buʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	阜
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	fù
Middle Chinese	‹ bjuwX ›
Old Chinese	/*[b](r)uʔ/
English	big mound
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	阜
Reading #	1/1
No.	3533
Phonetic component	阜
Rime group	幽
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	婦
Old Chinese	/*buʔ/

Definitions

阜

1. (literary) mound
2. (literary) abundant; rich
3. a surname

Compounds

• 土阜
• 岐阜 (Qífù)
• 左阜右邑
• 平阜
• 康阜
• 曲阜 (Qūfù)
• 殷民阜利
• 殷民阜財
• 殷阜
• 民安物阜
• 民康物阜
• 民殷財阜
• 民熙物阜
• 物阜民安
• 物阜民熙
• 物阜民豐 / 物阜民丰
• 翠阜
• 阜盛
• 阜蕃
• 阜螽
• 阜財 / 阜财
• 阜陽 / 阜阳 (Fùyáng)
• 陰阜 / 阴阜 (yīnfù)

 

Descendants

• → Lao: ພູ (phū)
• → Thai: ภู (puu, “mound, mountain, hill”)

Japanese

Kanji

阜

(Fourth grade kyōiku kanji)

1. mound, dam

Readings

• Go-on: ぶ (bu)
• Kan-on: ふう (fū)
• Kan’yō-on: ふ (fu, Jōyō ^†)
• Kun: おか (oka, 阜)^{←をか (woka, 阜, historical)}
• Nanori: あつ (atsu)、あつし (atsushi)

Usage notes

• This kanji, when referencing as a radical, is usually called "Gifu-no-'fu'"

Noun

Kanji in this term
阜
つかさ Grade: 4
kun'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 阜 – see the following entry.

【つかさ】 [noun] 阜, 司: a small hill Alternative spelling 司

(This term, 阜, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 阜 (MC bjuwX). Recorded as Middle Korean 부〯 (pwǔ) (Yale: pwu) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

Hanja

Wikisource

阜 (eumhun 언덕 부 (eondeok bu))

1. hanja form^? of 부 (“hill”)

Compounds

Compounds

• 대부도 (大阜島, Daebudo, “Daebu Island”)
• 와부읍 (瓦阜邑, Wabueup)

References

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [1]

Vietnamese

Han character

阜: Hán Nôm readings: phụ

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